R2024-92 Resolution Certifying and Adopting the City of Decatur Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan Amendment

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Section 5: Safety Risk Management DPTS collects monthly data from contractor to include safety and performance data.This data is used annually to develop safety performance targets included in this plan. DPTS uses current and historic safety data to develop targets while also monitoring monthly data to identify trends requiring mitigation actions. Contractors operating transit services for the City have risk management policies, procedures and processes in place to identify, assess and mitigate hazards.Any hazard identified is properly documented and provided to the City if needed as part of the monthly data collection process. Documents related to risk management and monitoring are included in periodic site reviews.The City ensures all safety events are properly identified, assessed, investigated and mitigated. Each contractor has a process of conducting a root cause analysis and the results are conveyed to the City with information on each event.As part of the periodic inspections performed by the AE, safety event documentation is reviewed for SMS process of risk management. The following are the methods and processes the contractors will use to identify hazards and consequences to hazards. Inspections are conducted and are an important source of information about hazards. Results from these inspections also help identify areas where mitigations designed and adopted to manage safety risks are not being carried out as required. Inspections include personnel, vehicles, facilities and data that identify potential safety concerns or potential safety events. Inspections focus on the following: • Compliance with rules and regulations, which may identify: • Non-compliance with safety rules • Challenges in complying with safety rules, and • Emerging practices • Operations personnel fitness-for-duty checks, which may identify: • Impairment • Fatigue • Attentiveness • Absence of corrective lenses • Apparent injuries, and • Uniform or equipment issues • Radio or digital communication checks,which may identify defective equipment, low or no signal zones,or employee procedures not being followed • CDL and operator citation checks, which may identify driver non-compliance with driving regulations and requirements • Pre/Post-trip inspection, which may identify vehicles being used without proper inspections to identify safety defects • Vehicle inspection, which may identify a series of defects in components and part with the potential to impact the safety performance of the vehicle 17